Jul, Nyttårs, etc.

Christmas was spent up north in Norway in a place called Sulis. You probably wouldnt find it if you looked on a map, because not even 1000 people live there. But ill tell you, it was beautiful. It was a little town on the side of a mountain, at least a half hour away from any civilization. They had one store, a grocery store. The christmas was really nice. We did traditional norwegian things, which arent so different from american things. We went to chruch on new years eve (the only time ill ever go this year), then went home and ate ribs and polse, then we sang christmas songs around the christmas tree, and then we opened gifts, which took hoursssssss. the favoritie gift that i recieved was a painting of a troll that my grandpa here made for me. beautiful norwegian things. I tried skiing for the first time.... which was quite fun. But lets just say, i need to practice a lot more before i even come close to norwegian standards... then we spent most of the time just with family and such. Mamma, Pappa, and Ingrid drove back home and Karo and I took a train from northern norway home... it was pretty fun actually, but it got kinda long (17 hours on trains). When we came home we had a little christmas eve, just with us here, cause we couldnt take all of the gifts with, of course. When sleep finally came, we were all verryyy glad. The day after was new years eve already, and I spent the day with Tristan. Then later on we went to a very 'german' party, where the majority of the guests were from germany. therefore, the language of choice of the evening was one that i dont understand everything in... but i understand suprisingly much for not ever trying to learn it. New years eve actually felt a lot like the 4th of july because at midnight, all of the norwegians light off rockets and have sparklers. And we just watched a lot of the fireworks from across the lake (i was at my friends house which is on lake Mjøsa, the largest lake in norway). So now its the new year, and i know its gonna be great. because Im here in norway with a great boyfriend, family, and friends. and when i go back to the us, tristan will hopefully come with and ill soon be 18 after i return. and then..... SOON BACK TO NORWAY!! (if all goes as planned, for college!!!) Maybe germany though, for college.... i dont know, i dont want to decide my whole life now... thats so stupid, i want to be an artist, and artists can follow rules and deadlines... we just go whenever something strikes us. speaking of which, i really have the desire to play viola right now. So ill set in some pics and then play away.

Tristan and I at new years party.

Trying to show Tristan what 'spooning' was, but tim hadda jump on top...